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Bill and Mary Ann Suter gave a Power Point presentation "How to get 85 horses coast to coast with no hay and a little bread," during the Jan. 21 Bluffton Lions Club meeting.

Bill and Mary Ann spoke about a flight across the United State in their small 85 HP two-seater Cessna 150 airplane.

The trip took weeks as they landed every two hour with a head wind. Their speed was a little faster than vehicles travelling below on the roadway.

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Here are the Superior (I) and Excellent (II) winners from Bluffton High School at last weekend's high school solo/ensemble contest.

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Due to winter weather, the Maple Crest Senior Living Village soup cook-off orginally scheduled for Feb. 6, is rescheduled for Thursday, March 6, according to Daren Lee.

The cook-off will take place at  700 Maple Crest Ct., off Augsburger Road, Bluffton, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., oon March 6.

The cook-off is in the Patio Room in the lower level of the Maple Crest. Persons attending may sample gourmet soups prepared by several local restaurants and caterers, including:

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Here are solo and ensemble results from Bluffton string students who completed in the Feb. 1 event at Lima Senior High School.

Rachael E. Lewis, Bluffton Orchestra Director

Superior rating I
Excellent rating II

Bluffton HS String Choir: Class ‘C’ – Superior rating
Emily Sycks, Jacob Bishop, Kyle Kahle, Mark Bixel, Isaac Andreas, Sarah Siders, Nikki Campbell, Elizabeth Leis, Emma Woodruff, Katie Frazier, Tad Steiner, Julian Harnish, Landon Cluts, Jack Neff, John McCall.

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By Caitlin Nearhood, university intern

The recently formed I Can Do All Things quartet features four Bluffton University students sophomore Alex Parker, senior Mychal Cox, and first year students Aaron Johnson and Alex Lugibihl.

Johnson and Lugibihl are music majors, while Parker is majoring in public health and communication and Cox studies criminal justice and coaching.

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Here is Bluffton High School’s  second quarter honor roll for 2013-14.

9th Grade-all A:

Trevor Bunch, Katie Burkholder, Kayleigh Coughlan, Connor Dawson, Nathan Heinze, Julianna Hotmire, Zane Myers, Douglas Nester, Marley Runk, Andie Schmutz, Sarah Siders, Jayme Siefer, Megan Sycks, Phillip Tatarkov, Sarah Theisen, Noah Woodruff

10th Grade-all A:

Sara Bertka, Mark Bixel, Sam Crisp, Maggie Fett, Anna Fredritz, Cole Harlow, Jack Marcum, Elizabeth Nisly, Katie Scott, Adam Wannemacher

11th Grade-all A:

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